Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-15
mites the washing away OF sin. Let
either have his own way. One man
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Another man just as good, prefers by ges-
ticulation and exclamation to express his
devotional aspirations. One is just as
good as the other. "Every man fully
persuaded in his own mind"
George Whitedeld was going over a |
Quaker rather roughly for some of his re-
ligious sentiments, and the Quaker said: |
George, | am ss thou art; l am for !
bringing sll men to the hope Of the Cos !
pei; therefore, if thou wilt not quarrel |
with me about my broad brim, will not
quarrel with thee about thy black gown.
George. give me thy hand"
l. In tracing out the religion of secte- |
rianism, or bigotry, l find that a great |
deal of il comes from wrong education
in the home circle. There are parents
who do not think it wrong to caricature
and jeer the peculiar forms OF religion
in the world, and denounce other sects
and other denominations. 1t is very often
the case that that kind of education acts
just opposite to what was expected, and
the children grow up and, after while,
20 and see for themselves; and looking IN
those churches, and finding that the peo-
| pie are good there, and they love God
and keep His commandments, by natural
reaction they go and join those very
| CQuICuES. i
prominent ministers of the gospel who
spent their whole life bOmbarding other
denominations and who lived to see their
children preach the gospel IN those very
denominations. But it is often the case
that bigotry starts starts in s. household,
and that the subject Of it neVer RECEIVERS.
There are tens OF thousands OF bigots ten
years Old.
| think sect.rianism and big0try also
rise from too great prominence of eay
one denomination in q community. All
the other denominations are wrong, and
his denomination is right because mis-
denomination is the most wealthy, or
THE MOST POPULAR,
or the most influential, and it is "our"
church and sour" religious organization
and 'our" choir and "our" minister, and
the man losses mis- head and wants other
denominations to know their places. 1t
is great deal better in any community
when the great denominations OF Christ
ians are about equal in power, marching
side by side for the worlds conquest.
Mere outside prosperity, mere worldly
power, is no evidence that the church IS
acceptable TO God. Better barn with
Christ in the maDger than cathedral
with magnificent narmonies rolling
through the loDg-drawn aisle and an an
gel from heaven IN the pulpit, II there be
no Christ in the chancel and no Christ in
the robes Blgotry is often the child of
, ignorance.
You seldom find man with large in
tellect w o is bigot. 1t is the man
, VINO thinks ne knows q great deal, but
: does not. That man is almost always q
bigot. The whole tendency Of edu-
cation and civilization Is to
! bring man out of that
kind of state of mind and heart, There
= was IN the far east great obelisk, and
D one side of the obelsk was white, another
p side Of the obelisk wes green, another
I side Of the obeIisk was blue, and trav-
elers went and looked at that obellsk, but
q they did not walk around it. One mar
O looked at one side, another at another
. side, and they came home each one look
ing at only one side; and they happened Il
meet. the story says, and they got into
rank quarrel about the color OF tina
: | obeIisk. One man said it was white, an
. other man said it was green, another meI
said it was blue, and when they were IL
the very heat of the controversy more
intelligent traveller came, and said
I Gentlemen, | have seen that obelisk
and you are all right, and you are al
wrong. Why didn't you walk all around
= the obelisk?"
Look out for the man who secs only
: one side CT religious truth. Look GU
= for the man VINO never walks arount
= shout
- THESE GREAT THEORIES
4 of God and eternity and the dead. b
Y will be bigot inevitably-the man see
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n be pitied than he who has in his head JUS
a. one idea-no more, no less. More light
II less sectarlsni m. There is nothing the
" will so soon kill bigotry as sunshine
Il Gods sunshine,
\ >. So | have set before you what l con
slider to be the causes of bigotry. hav
n set before Jou the origin of this grea
: evil. What are some of the baleful ei
e feots? First of sill 1t Cripples inYestiga
o ton. You are wrong and en- right, an
4 that ends it. No taste for exploration, n
e spirit of investigation. From the glOri
y Gus realm of Gods truth, over which a
/ archengel might fly from eternity to cter
+ nifty and not reach the limit, the man shut
10 himself out and dies, blind mole unde
re corn shock. 1t stops all investigation
NJ While each denomination of Christian
IL is to present all the truths Of the Bible
~ it seems to me that GOO has given
" each denomination an especial mission
10 give particular emphasis to some one doc
trine; and SO the Calvanjstic churche
" must present the sovereignty Of God, an
Il the Arminian churches must preser
N mans free agency, and the Episcop:
churches must present the Importance {
order and solemn ceremony, and the Bal
tist churches must present the neCessit
=! - Of ordinances, and the Congregation
u, church must present the responsibility {
% the individual MEMBER, and the Methods
- church must show what holy enthusiast
hearty congregational singing can accom-
"a plish. While each denomination Of Chris
~ y. tiars must set forth all the doctrines {
~. ~, the Bible, feel 1t is especially incumbe1
~. w upon each denomination TO put particul!
81 emphasis upon some one doctrine.
~ Another great damage done by the Sc
tsrisnism and bigotry of the church
:" that it disgusts people with the Chrlstis
-. religion. Now, my friends, the church
20 = God was never intended for q war ba
u rack. People are afraid of riot YC
:; 60 down the street and
mi YOU SEE AN EXCITEMENT
and missiles flying through the air, al
q you hesr the shock OF fire arms. Doyo